I men­tioned in a post yes­ter­day that I love look­ing at col­lec­tions. There is such beauty spec­i­mens grouped and pre­sented in a quasi-analytic way. Expand­ing upon this notion, Jen­nifer Booher (aka Quer­cus Design) pho­tographs and doc­u­ments a series titled Beach­comb­ing, which fea­tures items found on the beach. Some col­lec­tions prove sil­lier than oth­ers, but I ...

Do you use Tum­blr? You have no doubt seen some of the great Tum­blrs out there. They spawn some of the great memes of our time! I’ve started using one (non Brown Paper Bag related), and I have an ever-growing dash­board of Tumblogs. Things Orga­nized Neatly has long been a favorite of mine. It is ...

My bed­room is home to a vinyl toy col­lec­tion, and as a child I loved play­ing with toys and action fig­ures. Lucas Mongiello’s newest series, 20/20 ref­er­ences the mem­o­ries and delight that come from own­er­ship of these objects. He explains: I have always had a nos­tal­gic feel­ing when I see some old action figures/ toys ...

Lines and Shapes is an inde­pen­dent design col­lec­tive with a rotat­ing group of artist. Each issue is curated by Maria Vettese and Lena Cor­win. Lines and Shapes works like this: each issue of Artist Series, artists that are involved in the book get a word, or a phrase — a jump­ing off point. They then ...